VIDEO: Bull elephant rocks tourist Jeep on South African safari

If you're going on a South African animal safari, you're going to want to see some animals up close.

But there's a limit to how close you can get before things go from "awesome" to "if there's a way I could NOT be impaled, I'd like to give that a miss".

That line was nearly crossed in Kruger National Park earlier this month, when a tour group encountered a herd of elephants.

Karina Lievanos, the YouTuber behind Karina's World, was just chillin' in the safari jeep when an elephant bull popped by to say hello and his massive tusks brushed past the vehicle, centimetres from her face.

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The curious ellie was so close he rocked the Jeep a little.

Yes, being that close to a magnificent elephant would be fantastic, but when the tour guide tells you to "stay very still", it makes you wonder if that elephant might just impale your head on its tusks like an olive on a toothpick.